#m

I was too heavy to be a jockey and too honest to be a producer, so I became a writer. ↗

— Leon Uris

#heavy #honest #i #jockey #producer

The toute ensemble was such as to make polished society blush, when compared with these savages. ↗

— Zebulon Pike

#compared #ensemble #make #polished #savages

Anything you cannot relinquish when it has outlived its usefulness possesses you, and in this materialistic age a great many of us are possessed by our possessions. ↗

— Peace Pilgrim

#anything #cannot #great #many #materialistic

There had so lately been a large force of Spanish cavalry at the village, which had made a great impression on the minds of the young men, as to their power, consequence, which my appearance with 20 infantry was by no means calculated to remove. ↗

— Zebulon Pike

#been #calculated #cavalry #consequence #force

Your former Fathers the Spaniards have now no further Authority over you. ↗

— Zebulon Pike

#fathers #former #further #now #over

Ye have brought this man unto me, as one that perverteth the people; and behold, I, having examined him before you, have found no fault in this man touching those things whereof ye accuse him. ↗

— Pontius Pilate

#before #behold #brought #examined #fault

Answerest thou nothing? Behold how many things they witness against thee. ↗

— Pontius Pilate

#behold #how #many #nothing #thee

As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster. ↗

— Nicholas Pileggi

#back #far #gangster #i #i always

Let me tell you something. Nobody goes to jail unless they want to. Unless they make themselves get caught. They don't have things organized. ↗

— Nicholas Pileggi

#get #goes #jail #make #me

We have an extreme rightwing government in this country, although it's called the Labour government. ↗

— John Pilger

#called #country #extreme #government #labour